'Brain is good! We know all about your eminence, as you call it, and how you rose to that eminence.'
'What do you mean?'
'You are a bishop. How you became one we will not inquire.'
'What do you mean?'
'What I say. We will not inquire.'
'Why don't you inquire?'
'Because,' said the vicar, 'it is better not!'
The bishop's self-control left him. His face contorted with fury, he took a step forward. And simultaneously Augustine sprang lightly into the room.
'Now, now, now!' said Augustine. 'Now, now, now, now, now!'
The two men stood transfixed. They stared at the intruder dumbly.